Starship's 14th Flight, and a First Attempt at Orbit

SpaceX's Starship has made its 14th flight, and for the first time the uncrewed vehicle is aiming to reach orbit rather than falling short of it, NPR reports. The launch is not just a technical milestone for the rocket: Starship is key to SpaceX's commercial success and to NASA's plans to land humans on the Moon. Reaching orbit is the flight's goal, not a reported outcome, so the interesting question — whether the attempt succeeded — is answered somewhere other than the plan itself.